Our brief but spectacular tonight comes from the Portland, Oregon-based multimedia artist Wendy Red Star.

She grew up on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, and her work celebrates native identity.

I grew up in a pretty funny family, so that will often show up in the work.

People might have that experience of looking at my work

in feeling that it's ironic,

but actually what I think is happening is I'm telling the truth.

I grew up on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana.

What I remember was riding horses a lot with friends,

going to an event that is held on the reservation every year

called Crow Fair, wearing regalia that my grandma would make for me

and my cousins.

When I was in undergrad at Montana State University,

I was taking a Native Studies class.

I came across this chief named sits in the middle of the land, and he was important because he told the U.S. government

where Crow Territory was.

And so he said my home is where my teepee sits.

And then he went to place the four poles

in the major migration routes that we would travel

throughout the season.

And that mapped out like 38 million acres.

And within that was Bozeman.

And so I was really comforted

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